Daily Archives: June 23, 2010

This one-bedroom El Sereno house on Newtonia Drive is being sold “AS-IS” for $119,900. Does that mean the Buddha-like statue – sitting on the porch covered with what looks like artificial turf – comes included? Read More »

Students and staff at two Echo Park elementary schools will find themselves under the leadership of new principals when school resumes in the fall. On Thursday night, residents have organized a going away party for Eleanor Vargas-Page, who has been principal for about six years at ... Read More »

Stories and items from other parts of the blog and beyond. Updated during the day. Echo Park school principals are on the move – and not everyone is happy with the changes. School Yard What would East Los Angeles get out of cityhood? The Eastsider Forums Read More »

Recently, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 711 making available a $45,000 loan to proponents, the East Los Angeles Residents Association (ELARA) for use in the current effort to make East Los Angeles (ELA) a city. A fact unknown to most, ELA is actually an “unincorporated” area ... Read More »

Boug recovers from a coyote attack. Photo courtesy Jade Suarzo Jade Suarzo of Echo Park was taking care of a friend’s dog, Boug, a chihuahua mix from Glassell Park, earlier this month. One afternoon, Suarzo let Boug and her own dog, a beagle named Buster, ... Read More »

Rendering of Highland Park Transit Village/Los Angeles Housing Department The City Council today will consider a proposal to pack about 100 apartments and homes into the public parking lots near the Highland Park Gold Line Station. The idea of building more housing – most of it ... Read More »

The Angel of Mercy at LA County USC Medical Center | Boyle Heights School maybe out for summer but LA Unified is still dishing out meals to students. ASNC Alert Is this the Echo Park home of someone’s dreams – or nightmares? Chicken Corner Overcrowding reached ... Read More »